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That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.

Today's episode is a very special episode. It's an

episode where we're celebrating the one-year birthday of our LGS Inner Circle membership. And to

celebrate that, I wanted to have members of our Inner Circle come in on the podcast and share

their musical breakthroughs with all of you.

Because I believe that when we listen to other musicians who are in the same position as you,

you're not professional musicians, not any of those other people,

who have actually seen success in their jazz playing,

like we want to know what those things actually are.

If we can learn from others who are like us trying to accomplish

the same thing, we can fast track our growth by just keying into these things. So you're going to

learn so much from today's episode from so many different special guests. So get ready for this.

This is going to be a fun celebratory episode. Let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice

for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and

entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra. Hey, what's up, everybody? Brent here from LearnJeststanders.com, which is a blog, a podcast, videos, and a membership, all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician. Like I said, this is a very special episode, one that I'm really excited about, a celebratory episode. Now, many of you know that here at Learned Jazz Standards, we have

our LJS Inner Circle membership. In fact, maybe you are a member of the LGS Inner Circle. And for that,

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